2007 290 Sundance, toilet and starboard vent blower questions

[back9tiger]

Been having a 2007 Sundancer in the slip for about a month. Just purchased it in January of this year. Couple of things have me stumped. The flap on the toilet (what allows it to flush with the foot pedal), keeps sticking in the open and closed position sometime. I have tried the seal lubricant on it as well as using the tool to clean underneath and all around. Any ideas? does this flap just need to be replaced? If so, how complex is that?

Next, Stb blower went out so I replaced it, well come to find out the old one was fine. I then went to look at the breaker panel in the bilge and it was not tripped. The new one worked for a day and then stopped again. Can the breakers just go bad? Outside of that, the blower itself and the wiring, there is not much to it. Any ideas are very welcome, thanks!

 

[Cincy Aquaholic]

On the toilet, what may have happened is the pedal mechanism had stripped the piece that turns the valve in the bowl. Look up parts for it as they sell a kit to repair them. We fixed a friends last summer that stripped. It was metal on plastic. Its a realitively easy fix. Maybe 30 minutes and some fiddling but no special tools or knowledge. Pull the little plastic cover off the pedal and you'll see how to it apart.

I can't help you on the blower. Haven't seen that yet . . . knock on wood.